Somehow the stories about US-deer remind me of sheep in Scottland: their only aim in life seems to be to find a new way to die involving a car. Riding a motorcycle there felt dangerous!
I hope your comprehensive damage coverage does also cover moose licking your car as discussed in the neighboring thread, that is something sheep never attempted with my motorcycle.
In Germany, if you hit a deer or any other biggish animal (a rabbit will not count, a wild boar will) you have to inform the authorities: a forest guard will come and take the carcass. Even if you killed it and it damaged your car (or you damaged your car with it, depending on how you want to see it) it is still not yours to keep. Failing to call the forest guard might cost you your driving license (they call it Unfallflucht). Just in case you ever rent a car in Germany and drive through the woods.